Beam and reel



F. MOSSBEEG. BEAM AND REEL.

APPLICATION FILED vOCT, 8, 1920.

194261,89@ I Eatememug. 22, 1922?.

Wam/Mmmm@ FRANK MDSBERG, F ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSGNOR T@ MOSSEERG PRESSED STEEL COZFPORATIN, F ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, @GREG- ATQl @F MASSACHUSETTS.

' nnen .ann nnen .To @ZZ/whom t may Concern.'

Be itilgnovvn that l, FRANK Mossniino, a citizen of the United States, residing at illttleboro, in the county or Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Beams and Reels, of which the following is a speci- 'iication This invention relates to an improvement in the construction of beams and reels and similar devices, andthe invention has for its lobject to provide a vshaft for such detion will be better understood when the :Following detail description is taken in connes-tion with the accompanying drawings, the invention residing in the combination and' arrangement of parts as claimed.

En the drawings forming part or" this speci- .eatiom like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views and Whereinz -h Figure l is a vliront view shoing a portion or the head -o a beam or reel in which my improved' oonstruction of shait is mounted.

Figure 2 is a side elevation partly in section showing the beam or reel With my 1mproved' shaft member mounted therein.

Figure 3 is anenlarged vievv illustratingA the -ns raised i'rni the body of the shaft Y-by.svvaging, to serve either or both as a heyA or as a shoulder for securing the head members to the shaft.

Figure l is a section through the shaft on line L i of Figure 3, illustrating the stool; raised from the body of the shaft providing laterally-extending integral ins4 or ribs. i

l have herein' 'shown and describedl an improved construction of shaft in which yp0rtions of the body thereot are swaged 'or `forced outwardly to provide one or more iins or ribs, each tin or rib being adapted to provide a shoulder or a key or both on the shatt, and l have shown this shaft as ap- Soecneation of Letters Eatent., Pgttqemtd Aug., 22, i

.llppleatien niet?. october 3, 19%. Serial Ha 415,556.

' plied to a warp beam or reel, but my improved shaft may be used for any other purpose for which it is adapted.

lWith reference to the drawings, designates the body or barrel portion of a beam and to the opposite ends of this body are secured heads 1l, preferably out from sheet stock into disk form, each with its peripheral edge turned outwardly as at l2 forming a stifl'ening iiange. l have also shown the center portion of each of these head plates as orced outwardly as at 13 slightly, from the plane of the rest of the plate, the center of each plate being punched out and a lrey- Way formed therein. Y y

These heads are shown as being "secured to the ends of the tubular body l0 by means of tie-rods 14 but any other securing means may be employed.

The feature of my presentinvention is the particular construction of the central shaft member 15 which is passed through the center openings in the head-plates and keyed and secured thereto.

To accomplish this it has heretofore been necessary to provide ashaft enlarged beyond 'the required size -and then turn Adown its ends to form shoulders thereon, after.

which a lrey is inserted into the shaft for securing it to the heads, which construction is uiie expensive ase shaft of larger diameter than that actually' necessary must be employed, aftervvhieh the labor of shaping and forming the lreyvvay 'therein renders the operation quite expensiveg-als'o a shaft,

of this large diameter is of much greater Weight than is necessary.

ln order to piovide'a'sh'aft that is very light in Weight and to obviate all of the operations above referred to in the construetion of a shaft for this purpose, l employ a shaft of the proper diameter for the inequired strength; l then force a portion of the stock of the shaft as at 16 by a ewa-ging operationv causingthe same to extend laten ally from the normal periphery of the shaft roviding one or more laterally-extending ns or ribs 17, theedge of each of which may then be milled ol as at 18 to also provide a shoulder 'against which the inner sur- 'face of the headplate rests, its keyed poi'- tion 19 engaging the corresponding keyvvay slot 20 in the head-plate 1l.

l have shown two fins formed on diamet plates 11 an responding keyways 20 in the plates and itsinner shoulders 18 engaging the inner surface of these plates, I force a collar 22 onto the outer ends of the shaft causing each to bind its headfplate firmly against the inner shoulders 18.

In this way each head-plate is securely' keyed to the shaft and also gripped and secured between its collar 22 and vthe shoulders on the shaft, making a very strong, rigid and serviceable construction, which is most inexpensive to produce and yet most effective -n its operation.

The foregoing description is directed solely towards the ,construction illustrated, but I desire it .to be understood that I reserve the privilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the device is susceptible, the invention being defined and limited only by the terms of the appended claims.

I claim:

1,. In a device of the character described, a pair of head-plates, a, shaft connecting said lates and having integral laterallyexten ing fins or ribs raised from the stock of the shaft `for connecting said plates tol said shaft.v

dprojecting through the head# Laaasea 2. In a device of the character described, Va head-plate prov-ided with a keyway, a shaft on said plate and having a-laterallyextending lin raised from the stock' of the shaft providing a key to engage the keyway in said plate.

3. In a device of the character described, a pair of head-plates, a shaft passing through said plates and having an integral laterally-extending fin raised from the stock of the shaft engaging each plate providing a supporting shoulder therefor.

4. In av-device of the character described, a pair of-head-plates, one being provided with avkeyway, a shaft extending through said plate and having an integral laterallyextending shouldered linraised from the stock of the shaft providing a key for said key-wa and also a supportlng shoulder for said p ate. Y

5. In a device of the character'described, a pair of spaced-apart head plates, each having a center bore and a keyway, a shaft extending through said bore and having a pair of oppositely-disposed: integral later-l ally extending fins at each end` said fins being raised from the stock ofthe shaft and shaped to form keys to engage. said-keyways, and also toform shoulders to support the inner face of said heads and collars on saidshaft binding said plates against said shoulders.

In testimony whereof I affix m signature. FRANK MOSySBERG. 

